Alfred Horsley Hinton (1863–1908) British photographer
Source: Practical Pictorial Photography, 1898, Methods - The practical application of means to end, p. 27
“If only the desire to see could be as strong as the desire to unsee. ”
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Source: The Law of Success (1928), p. 109
Variant: Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
As quoted in Quote-A-Quote: To Your Success Health Wealth & Happiness (2005) by Michael E. Ruge, p. 38
Context: Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement. Just as the electron is the last unit of matter discernible to the scientist. DESIRE is the seed of all achievement; the starting place, back of which there is nothing, or at least there is nothing of which we have any knowledge.
“Hope could be dangerous, desire could be catastrophic.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) American writer
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